强龙不压地头蛇
Traditional form:
強龍不壓地頭蛇
Pinyin (reading):
qiánglóngbùyādìtóushé
Definitions:
- lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
Characters:
- 强 - strong, powerful, energetic
- 龙 - dragon; symbol of the emperor
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 压 - press; oppress; crush; pressure
- 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 蛇 - snake
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